LORAIN — A 48-year-old Lorain man broke out $2,500 worth of car windows Wednesday morning in the name of Christmas, police said. Geronimo Reyna was charged with vandalism and possession of criminal tools following a 2:30 a.m. two-hammer tirade near the parking garage of St. Joseph Community Center in Lorain. Lorain police responded to the [...]

COLUMBUS — Two major reports this fall on foreign language teaching in Ohio have reached the same conclusion: the state must start providing long, uninterrupted stretches of instruction as early as kindergarten and stop repeating material year after year. Students “begin again and again with, ‘Hello, how are you?’ as they move from one school [...]

WASHINGTON — The population of Louisiana fell by a quarter-million people after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans in August 2005. The damage was so bad, some worried whether anyone would ever come back. Some did. New population estimates released today by the Census Bureau show that in the year ending July 1, the state [...]

Friday, Dec. 21 2:30 p.m. – 35400 block Lorain Road, theft of a trailer, $5,000. 8:50 p.m. – Center Ridge Road and Pitts Boulevard, Michael Stefanek, 46, 6500 block O’Henry Circle, North Ridgeville, charged with speeding and DUI. Saturday, Dec. 22 6:17 a.m. – Center Ridge and Jaycox roads, Brian Vigilante, 28, Cleveland, charged with [...]

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Fifteen years ago, Brian Chulik competed for a spot on the “American Gladiators” Live Tour. The North Ridgeville resident finished sixth and became an alternate, but he never gave up his dream of becoming a gladiator. This year, the 39-year-old middle school science teacher at Rocky River Middle School tried out again. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own or got help from someone, inadvertent or otherwise. Police shot the 300-pound animal to [...]

Elyria police Tuesday, Dec. 25 10:15 p.m. – 100 block Tedman Court, home broken into and more than $1,900 in valuables stolen. Lorain police Tuesday, Dec. 25 8:36 a.m. – 37000 block Omaha Ave., window smashed out of vehicle and stereo receiver stolen. Wednesday, Dec. 26 1:42 a.m. – 200 block W. 22nd St., Eddie [...]